• The OSHA standard for electrical protective equipment applies to all employers whose employees are exposed to electricity hazards in the workplace.

Employees in a variety of industries work with or around electrical hazards. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requires employers to protect these employees through a variety of methods and means, including, in some cases, the use of protective equipment — both the kind that can be worn and also some equipment that is not worn.

The electrical equipment rule protects employees exposed to potential electrical shock. Employers with employees who work with or around electrical hazards present in the workplace must comply. Employers involved in construction of electric power generation, transmission, and distribution lines and equipment must also comply.

Electrical protective equipment means rubber insulating blankets, rubber insulating matting, rubber insulating covers, rubber insulating line hose, rubber insulating gloves, and rubber insulating sleeves.

FR clothing, or flame-resistant clothing, is often used for protection from arc flashes, and has been designed and tested to provide protection against specified electrical/heat hazards.

The OSHA standard that applies to electrical protective equipment is 1926.97.